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Current Herpetology
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Abstract
Abstract:
A new unstriped Ichthyophis is described based on one adult male and five larval specimens collected from the northwestern slope of Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. The new species is distinguished from all other unstriped congeners by a combination of characters that includes position of tentacles and number of annuli, scale rows, splenial teeth, and vertebrae. The anterior phallodeum morphology is described for the new species. The evolution of large larvae of unstriped Ichthyophis is discussed briefly.
We thank Maryati Mohamed and Ahmad Sudin (ITBC, University Malaysia Sabah) and Maklarin B. Lakim and Jamili Nais (Sabah Parks) for permitting and supporting our research, Tomohiko Shimada for supporting our field surveys, and Maryati Mohamed and Ahmad Sudin (BORN), Harold Voris and Alan Resetar (FMNH), and Indraneil Das (Universiti Malaysia Sarawak) for allowing us to borrow specimens under their care. This research was conducted under research permissions from the Economic-Planning Unit of Malaysia to K. Nishikawa (Nos. 1193 and 1792) and M. Matsui (Nos. 1192 and 1793), and supported by Grants-in-Aids from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science to K. Nishikawa (No. 17405018) and M. Matsui (Nos. 15370038 and 20405013) and from the Shikata Memorial Trust for Nature Conservation to K. Nishikawa.
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